Who Wants Rocks?

Old Joe the prospector cannot seem to restrain himself:
every time he finds gold he yells "GOLD!" at the top of his voice.
He is immediately surrounded by like-minded prospectors who get
rich of his find while he remains poor!

In their search they literally move mountains, destroying the
landscape and reducing everything around them to rubble. Realising
that there will be nothing left if things continue this way, Joe comes
up with the idea of yelling "ROCKS!", to which the prospectors reply
Rocks? Who wants rocks?" With the gold gone they leave the wilderness in
peace. For the first time Old Joe realises that the riches he seeks are all
around him, in the fresh air, the smell of trees and the sounds of nature.
For this book I tried a slightly new style of illustration. That is, I used pen
and ink drawings on Mylar that I coloured with water colours. It was a fun
experiment, and one that I might try again in the future.